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Hard Drive Install This section documents the process of installing new hard drives in the slave nodes. Station 1: remove 4 panel screws. remove panels. detach 1 Maxtor HDD power cable. detach 1 Maxtor IDE cable. Station 2: detach CPU fan. remove screws from Maxtor HDD (2 or 4 screws). remove Maxtor HDD. remove CMOS battery. Station 3: insert new CMOS battery. insert Samsung drive in top of 3.5 inch drive bay. insert 2 HDD screws. insert IBM drive in bottom of 3.5 inch drive bay. insert 2 HDD screws. Station 4: reattach IDE cable to Samsung and IBM drive. reattach power cable to Samsung drive reattach power cable to IBM drive reattach CPU fan. Station 5: flash bios. attach 2 side panels. insert 4 screws.

Hardware This section documents the hardware and supplies needed to do the upgrade. Tools Screwdrivers 2 powered, 5 standard. 2 Keyboard,2 Monitors and power source for flashing bios. Supplies 100 CMOS Batteries were ordered on 1/27/2004 125 Y power adaptors were ordered on 1/27/2004 7 Grounding Straps. 100 Hard Drive Jumpers Obtain tables and carts. 4-6 tables for hard drive install. 2 tables for checking bios.

Staff This section documents how many people are needed to do the upgrade in a reasonable amount of time. 7 Trained Monkies. 4-5 Previous helpers. Other LSC members. 4-5 trained monkies to disconnect machines and move them in and out of the cluster room. 5 helpers people will work on the hard drive install. 2-3 trained monkies and flash the bios.

Prep Work This section documents what needs to be done before the process begins. A bootable BIOS CD needs to be created. Instructions on how to set up the bootable BIOS cd can be found here. An up-to-date BIOS can be found here. The model number of the motherboard used in the slave nodes is: D815EFV / D815EPFV Hard drive jumpers should be correctly set. A diagram of the correct jumper settings for the Samsung drives can be found here. A diagram of the correct jumper settings for the IBM drives can be found here. The model number of the IBM hard drives that we use as hda is: IC35L120AVV207-1 The model number of the IBM hard drives that we use as hdc is: IC35L120AVV207-0

Problems This section documents possible problems with the upgrade. Before Hard Drive Install. Is data stored on Maxtor drives? Test cloning with new drives. Do the drives jumpers need to be set? During Replace all CMOS batteries to avoid encountering dead ones. After Test slave nodes to verify cloning success.

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